Twinkler
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 One who, or that which, twinkles or winks.
- 2 an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner wordnet
- 3 An eye. colloquial
"The pupils of his eyes were as dark as his hair, except that they were flecked with sparks of hazel: as a child, strangers were apt to say that a pair of twinklers like his could be sold as diamonds to a duchess (later, when it came time for him to be included in Deeti's shrine, much would be made of the brilliance of his gaze)."
Example
More examples"The pupils of his eyes were as dark as his hair, except that they were flecked with sparks of hazel: as a child, strangers were apt to say that a pair of twinklers like his could be sold as diamonds to a duchess (later, when it came time for him to be included in Deeti's shrine, much would be made of the brilliance of his gaze)."
Etymology
From Middle English twinklere, twinclere, equivalent to twinkle + -er.
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